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Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by dotnet00 »

Phiwise_ wrote: post #18

Somewhat off-topic, but I've been feeling really burned by my steam deck purchase lately. When it came out, I gave Valve the benefit of the doubt there was some good reason why they weren't providing an OLED option, and bought the highest tier even though money is tight. I figured their commitment to opening the PC platform and quality hardware earned them my trust on that. Now what am I supposed to do? Sell my model…

It isn't exactly the same as OLED, but if you really want to upgrade your screen so much, you can look into the DeckHD screen.

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by dotnet00 »

resource_waste wrote: post #30

You just wonder what the would would be like without Marketing. Imagine we only had facts/specs of equipment in advertising, and all these people maliciously using your own psychology against you, had productive jobs where they contribute more resources/services to the world. Steam is one of the good companies, but when I see this much effort go into marketing, it just makes me think of waste. There is poverty, envir…

I feel like you're being way too cynical. You're complaining about advertising for a gaming product, which also isn't exactly something that one needs to survive. In your world where everything is only done because it is productive, gaming itself wouldn't exist.

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by itishappy »

balls187 wrote: post #5
EveryPizza wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Wouldn’t it have been cheaper to do this with VFX? Yes but this seems much more fun

From the write up, it’s hard to see that this was fun. It seems more like Chris Rock’s joke about driving a car with your feet.

The writeup explicitly states it was fun:

> This seems fun enough — and dumb enough — to try, so we got to work.

They then put it in their lobby because they thought it was cool.

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by OliveMate »

pityJuke wrote: post #37

Did Valve re-render the "Meet the Spy" video for that gag in the article? Could you... pretty please do an official HD remastering of it? :)

I'll always be peeved that Valve showcased Meet the Spy in SFM when they were advertising its release[1], yet never released the project files for it unlike their earlier shorts.

If they released the full project files to the public we could render our own HD remasters as we please.

[1] https://youtu.be/Zri1c_If6Ic?t=73

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by Phiwise_ »

skinner927 wrote: post #22
Phiwise_ wrote: post #18

Somewhat off-topic, but I've been feeling really burned by my steam deck purchase lately. When it came out, I gave Valve the benefit of the doubt there was some good reason why they weren't providing an OLED option, and bought the highest tier even though money is tight. I figured their commitment to opening the PC platform and quality hardware earned them my trust on that. Now what am I supposed to do? Sell my model…

I agree. When Intel released the i7, I was pretty upset they were holding out all that tech and left me stranded with my Pentium 4.

This is a mystifyingly bad comparison. Did Valve invent OLED? Did the Steam Deck release before that invention?

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by Phiwise_ »

amiantos wrote: post #19
Phiwise_ wrote: post #18

Somewhat off-topic, but I've been feeling really burned by my steam deck purchase lately. When it came out, I gave Valve the benefit of the doubt there was some good reason why they weren't providing an OLED option, and bought the highest tier even though money is tight. I figured their commitment to opening the PC platform and quality hardware earned them my trust on that. Now what am I supposed to do? Sell my model…

The original Steam Deck came out Feburary 2022 and the OLED model came out November 2023, nearly two years later. > This is tripping at the finish line It sounds like the only person tripping here is you.

The original Steam Deck came out Feburary 2022 and the OLED model came out November 2023, nearly two years later, and I got my original Steam Deck nearly one year after giving Valve my money.

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by Phiwise_ »

cladopa wrote: post #23
Phiwise_ wrote: post #18

Somewhat off-topic, but I've been feeling really burned by my steam deck purchase lately. When it came out, I gave Valve the benefit of the doubt there was some good reason why they weren't providing an OLED option, and bought the highest tier even though money is tight. I figured their commitment to opening the PC platform and quality hardware earned them my trust on that. Now what am I supposed to do? Sell my model…

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Yes, how dare I give my opinion about tech on a thread about that tech on a forum collecting opinions on tech while children in Africa are dying of unpotable water diseases etc. etc.

In kind, imagine my reaction when I see you spending your time complaining about the inhumanity of my opinion about a product from your air conditioned first world ivory tower when you could fly to the third world, pick up a rifle, jump in a foxhole, and protect the poor children you claim to hold in perspective more than anyone else.

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by Phiwise_ »

zachromorp wrote: post #28
Phiwise_ wrote: post #18

Somewhat off-topic, but I've been feeling really burned by my steam deck purchase lately. When it came out, I gave Valve the benefit of the doubt there was some good reason why they weren't providing an OLED option, and bought the highest tier even though money is tight. I figured their commitment to opening the PC platform and quality hardware earned them my trust on that. Now what am I supposed to do? Sell my model…

This comment doesn't pass my Turing test

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Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by Phiwise_ »

rsynnott wrote: post #33
Phiwise_ wrote: post #18

Somewhat off-topic, but I've been feeling really burned by my steam deck purchase lately. When it came out, I gave Valve the benefit of the doubt there was some good reason why they weren't providing an OLED option, and bought the highest tier even though money is tight. I figured their commitment to opening the PC platform and quality hardware earned them my trust on that. Now what am I supposed to do? Sell my model…

Yes, indeed, once you, specifically, buy a thing all iteration on the thing should stop. ... Eh?

Allow me to suggest to you that this is the inverse of my actual opinion.

Re: Valve Built An Orb: The making of the Steam Deck OLED launch trailer

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Post by RunningDroid »

rkachowski wrote: post #20

> [NDI] it's commonly used by modern planetariums and megachurches. It was perfect for our needs. out of context but I love it

Continuing off-topic, my (very much not-mega) church used to use NDI (for overlaying the presentation onto the view of the speaker/band) but we recently switched to using an extra HDMI hub + an HDMI capture card and had a notable improvement in performance/framerate (on an underpowered laptop.)
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